Indonesian badminton mixed doubles into semifinal at Beijing Olympic Games
14/8/2008 17:51
Indonesian Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto, the world's No. 1 badminton
mixed doubles pair, advanced into the semifinals at the Olympic Games in Beijing
today.
They crushed Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam from
Thailand at 21-13, 21-19.
Liliyana said after the match her pair played a lot
better than in the previous match. "Today we clicked really quickly".
She
commended the Thai pair for their improvement since a match against them, saying
the Thai pair "are definitely developing into a dangerous team."
The
Indonesians will meet He Hanbin and Yu Yang from China in the semifinals. "We
have met the Chinese pair before and we have beaten them twice. We can win this
tournament," said Widianto.
Xinhua
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